Download US Reaction

■Essential Question:
–What role did the United States
play in fighting in Europe during
World War II?
■Warm-Up Question:
–Define each term:
•Neutrality Acts, 1935-1937
•Cash & Carry Program, 1939
•Lend-Lease Program, 1941
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U.S. Reaction:
Neutrality Acts of 1935-1937
German
invasion
of
Poland
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the outbreak of World War II in 1939
U.S. Reaction:
Cash & Carry Program 1939
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of Europe
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Battle of Britain; German invasion of USSR
U.S. Reaction:
Lend-Lease Act, Atlantic Charter,
Embargo of Japan
Japanese
attack
on
Pearl
Harbor
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(December 7, 1941)
U.S. Reaction:
Declaration of war & entry into WWII
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Home Front
War Production Board directed U.S. industry
Office of Price Administration fixed priced
& created ration books to save resources
Office of War Information directed
press, print, radio, & film propaganda
Mobilization for war
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Home Front
Impact on women, African Americans,
Japanese Americans
World War 2 was a two “theater” war:
Europe and the Pacific
When the U.S. entered WW2 in late 1941,
Germany
controlled
the Axis Powers were clearly winning the war
almost all of Europe
Axis armies
controlled northern
Africa & threatened
the Suez Canal
Germany
pressed into
the USSR
Japan dominated the
western half of the
Pacific Ocean
The Battle of the Atlantic, 1942
Europe 1942-1943
Europe 1944-1945
The United States & the Holocaust
■Examine the timeline “Stages of the
Holocaust” & read “Response to the
Holocaust from the United States”
■With a partner, answer the 3
discussion questions provided &
prepare for a class discussion